In the last few years, we’ve seen graffiti and street art being blamed for a million different social ills in the world .  But this one had us scratching our heads in disbelief:

Graffiti is being blamed for making people fatter. 

Damn you graffiti artists!!  Because of

I put on those 15 extra pounds since moving to Soho! 

Amazingly, a group of researchers in Europe have published a study that they say links obesity to graffiti.  The paper they put out claims that- “The principal cause of obesity is an imbalance between energy intake and energy expenditure….Levels of incivilities, such as litter and graffiti, are associated with poorer health outcomes such as general wellbeing but not, to our knowledge, with levels of physical activity.”

Here’s a link to the study so you can educate yourself on this extremely serious subject.